Keep The Wheels Turning Vol. 2 (The Floyd Thayer Book) - Les Smith and Gertrude Smith - Stevens Estate
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The most comprehensive and authoritatively researched volume regarding the life, heritage, times and associates of the man who most influenced magic in his own era and beyond, is now offered to the magical fraternity. This book chronicles a century of magical events with which Floyd Thayer was involved.
Over 25 years and thousands of hours of meticulous research were utilized before its final production. Twelve chapters in 372 pages of historical data, maps, charts, and anecdotes are illustrated with over 200 actual photographs and hundreds of line drawings; most never seen by this generation of magicians.
These unusual and rare photographs will take you back to those intriguing times of yesterday and give you an indepth insight into the foundations of today’s magical show business. Many of the actual blueprints and drawings used by The Thayer Manufacturing Company are completely delineated in this volume.
Seventeen pages in full color including a full color portrait of Floyd Thayer are bound in this book. There are numerous reproductions of Floyd Thayer’s drawings of magic props and clips from several of his personal scrapbooks.
Finally, in keeping with volume I, the book is meticulously handbound in black leather and green linen fabric then gold stamped with title, logo and trademark. Issued in a limited, numbered edition and signed by the authors, Les and Gertrude Smith.
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1992 HC 1stEd Vol 1 Copy 192 of 1000 - No DJ - Dampstain on front cover, Dampstain on outside edge of back pages - Good Cond
